[Wayne-C24366]

You are right, they were (probably) avoiding a stereotype. I’m not certain of the timing of the origin of the stereotype, but there has been a long-standing negative stereotype of Blacks just siting around and eating watermelon. This stereotype was used for years in combination with other stereotypes. Blacks eating fried chicken is another of those stereotypes (as if only Blacks ate fried chicken). I even attended a wedding where I overheard the only White guests stating ‘I knew they were going to have fried chicken.’ Its the same type of thing with watermelon. Have you ever seen any of the old, drawn cartoons? With a couple of Black men sitting in a field, eating watermelons and saying something either stupid or that implies that they are lazy? I have. So many blacks actually avoid eating watermelon in a cafeteria so that they don’t ‘perpetuate a stereotype.’

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Name : Wayne-C24366, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 41, City : Parsippany, State : NJ, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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